- Date
- March 2, 1966
- Place
- Sonoma, CA · SONOMA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2136UBrantly B-2
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174076
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0046 66/3/2 NR.SONOMA CALIF BRANTLY B-2 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N2136U PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 27, 209 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 13 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SONOMA VALLEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FLT INSTR-INADEQUATE INSTRUCTION. PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUCTIONS-MISINTERPRETED REMARKS- STUDENT ATTEMPTED HOVER DOWNWIND TURNAROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2136U
- Reported as
- Brantly B-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sonoma Valley
N2136URegistration cancelled Apr 9, 1971 · Brantly B-2Airframe modelBrantly B-2Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.